# eating

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈiːtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,480

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of eat

## Easily confused with
- **Eaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-eaton)
- **Ewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-ewing)
- **ending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-ending)
- **edging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-edging)
- **effing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-effing)
- **Epping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-epping)
- **editing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-editing)
- **enacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-enacting)
- **exacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-exacting)
- **equating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eating-vs-equating)
- **eaten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eating)
- **easing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easing-vs-eating)
- **Ealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ealing-vs-eating)
- **earning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earning-vs-eating)
- **earring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earring-vs-eating)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aeting`, `eaitng`, `eatign`, `eatingg`, `eatinng`, `eatnig`, `eatting`, `etaing`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eating